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Email and G Suite

Think of your FIT email account like the mailbox bolted to the front of your house. You would never think of storing anything sensitive or important there; it serves as a drop-off location only, and you empty it regularly. Beginning September 2018 the college is instituting a rolling, automated, eight-year retention wherein emails older than eight […]

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A generic email account provides a unique email address and mailbox that is generally used as a contact method for a specific service or group. An FIT employee must be named as the owner of the account and will be held responsible for the administration of the account including password changes. While the service is only available […]

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Your FIT email address is your FIT Username followed by the domain @fitnyc.edu. FIT uses G Suite for Education and email accounts use the Gmail platform. While your FIT email address will end with @fitnyc.edu and not @gmail.com, the look and functionality will be the same as an @gmail.com account. The major difference will be […]

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When you access your FIT email through the Gmail icon in MyFIT you will be redirected to Gmail this means that if you are already signed into a Gmail account that a window to that email account will open. To be certain you are accessing your FIT email account follow the steps below to enable […]

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G Suite for Education offers a multitude of security features including allowing you to monitor how your account is being accessed through the Activity Information panel. This is one of the easiest ways for you to ensure that your account isn’t being accessed without your permission. “The Activity Information Panel” allows you to check what browser, […]

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Google limits the amount of mail one user can send. If you exceed the G Suite email sending limits, you may see an error message such as: You have reached a limit for sending email You reached a Gmail sending limit You exceeded the maximum recipients After reaching one of these limits, a user can’t send […]

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Gmail (Google Mail) is one of the applications part of G Suite for Education that FIT moved to beginning in 2013. We provide step-by-step instructions on How to sign into your FIT Gmail, How to switch between your FIT Gmail and personal Gmail, How to configure your phone to receive FIT email; just to name […]

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If asked to enter your Username, enter your FIT Email account. Example: John_Doe@fitnyc.edu (you must include @fitnyc.edu) Options for access Use native Android apps (Recommended) Most Android phones have mobile versions of Gmail, Calendar, Contacts, and Google Talk pre-installed. You can download other mobile apps like Docs for free from Android’s Market. To begin using […]

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Gmail allows you to create one signature to automatically appear at the end of each email you send. However, you may use multiple signatures by enabling and using the “Canned Responses” Gmail Lab. This lab allows you to save multiple common responses to emails. Simply enable the lab, type and format your signature in a […]

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Email list groups created in Google Groups are different from the contact groups you can create in your My Contacts (Contacts in Google Mail). The primary difference is that a contact group is for your personal use, while a Google Group can be used by more than one person (because it has its own email […]

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Maybe you have already migrated to G Suite for Education on campus or are awaiting your go live date, but I get this question all the time in training and figured it was about time to make a post of it. How do I get rid of, or at least do a search for mail […]

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When you click on an email link on a web page or email message, your computer will open a new compose window with the email address populated in the To: line. The program used to compose the message is determined by the default mail client for your computer. To make Gmail your default mail client, […]